The legislative assembly is made up of a senate with 50 members and a house of representatives with 100 members. Montana is represented in the U.S. Congress by one representative and two senators, and the state has three electoral votes in presidential elections. Montana's voters have ...
At the event at the First United Methodist Church on Monday, representatives from three schools in Great Falls that largely serve a lower income community reported increased numbers of students seeking services this school year. “Maybe a few years back, their bags were a little lighter,” said...
Demographically, Montanans mostly consider themselves descended from Europeans. African Americans are a minuscule number of the population, while Asians and the Hispanic community make up the other small percentage of people. Notably, the second largest demographic in the state is the Native American po...
0:48 Rep. Zooey Zephyr looks on as Majority Leader Sue Vinton makes a motion discipline Rep. Zephyr during a session in the House of Representatives at the Montana State Capitol in Helena, Mont., April 26, 2023. Tommy Martino/APMontana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr -- the first openl...
Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr (D) won reelection Tuesday, assuring her return to the state Capitol in January nearly two years after her Republican colleagues censured her over language she used to oppose legislation banning gender-affirming care for t
Republicans in Montana, including Gov. Greg Gianforte, Attorney General Austin Knudsen, and the state’s three federal representatives, have widely panned the ESG movement as an attack on energy companies and gun manufacturers, among other groups. ...
FILE - Law enforcement forcibly clear the Montana House of Representatives gallery during a protest after the Speaker of the House refused again to acknowledge state Rep. Zooey Zephyr, D-Missoula, Monday, April 24, 2023, at the state Capitol in Helena, Mont. Montana’s Republican Gov. Greg ...
The name was changed by representatives Henry Wilson (Massachusetts) and Benjamin F. Harding (Oregon), who complained that Montana had "no meaning". When Ashley presented a bill to establish a temporary government in 1864 for a new territory to be carved out of Idaho, he again chose Montana...
The Senate unexpectedly adjourned in the afternoon and the House of Representatives worked into the evening, taking final votes on the more than 50 bills before adjourning at 9:15 p.m. on a 89-7 vote. When the Senate adjourned, the House had yet to vote on the final version of House ...
While the state of Montana doesn’t yet have pay transparency laws, the legislature considered a pay transparency bill in 2023 (which didn't pass). With more and more states adopting pay transparency measures each year, some companies are implementing full or partial pay transparency as a way ...